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<li>J.P. Morgan: U.S. Dollar Carry Trade a ‘Half Truth’</li>
<li>US shoppers wait for sales</li>
<li>As Black Friday Looms, Will Consumers Show Up?</li>
<li>Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of &#8216;Anthropogenic Global Warming&#8217;?</li>
<li>Closed-end fund discounts explained</li>
<li>Thai Capital Fund Announces Third Quarter Earnings</li>
<li>Round-Up of Holiday Spending Surveys, Reports</li>
<li>Most global banks are still unsafe, warns S&#38;P</li>
<li>Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks</li>
<li>Russian central bank cuts interest rates to record low</li>
<li>Time to Prick the Ag Commodities Bubble</li>
<li>Mayors Sound Alarm Over Drop in City Revenues</li>
<li>Consumer Spending in U.S. Rises More Than Forecast</li>
<li>Debunking carry-trade denial</li>
<li>UK GDP revised…</li>
<li>More bid rumours in the UK utility sector</li>
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<td><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/fLPPvVufNGI/?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>J.P. Morgan: U.S.   Dollar Carry Trade a ‘Half Truth’</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24 Nov 2009 02:37 AM PST</p>
<p>By the usual cover   story test – a trend reverses once it becomes a cover story in the popular   press – the dollar’s decline should have ended this fall. But despite the   bearish dollar patter, there is little evidence that views are so extreme or   positions so short that they should impede the current bear trend.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=UDN" target="_blank">PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish Fund</a>; <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=ULE" target="_blank">ProShares Ultra Euro</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1664" target="_blank">Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on   this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/ymzpFMUPH44/0e0c114c-d884-11de-b63a-00144feabdc0,s01=1.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>US shoppers wait for   sales</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24 Nov 2009 03:14 AM PST</p>
<p>US shopping   patterns for early November suggest budget-conscious consumers are holding   back their Christmas spending, while waiting to be enticed by special events   such as this weekend’s post-Thanksgiving sales.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=RTH" target="_blank">Retail HOLDRS</a>; <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=XRT" target="_blank">SPDR S&#38;P Retail ETF</a>; <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=RTL" target="_blank">iShares FTSE NAREIT Retail Index Fund</a>; <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=ROB" target="_blank">Claymore/Robb Report Global Luxury Index ETF</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1665" target="_blank">Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on   this news or add your own opinion</a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=ymzpFMUPH44:9cvt96cwFds:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=ymzpFMUPH44:9cvt96cwFds:7Q72WNTAKBA" target="_blank"></a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/m6cJd3uAf2Y/?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>As Black Friday   Looms, Will Consumers Show Up?</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24 Nov 2009 03:43 AM PST</p>
<p>Black Friday marks   the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, but retailers still   aren’t sure how strong a showing consumers will make.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Check out how   others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</span><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=m6cJd3uAf2Y:GzM7sE3tp_c:yIl2AUoC8zA" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=m6cJd3uAf2Y:GzM7sE3tp_c:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=m6cJd3uAf2Y:GzM7sE3tp_c:7Q72WNTAKBA" target="_blank"></a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/rTQ2C63FKLQ/?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Climategate: the   final nail in the coffin of &#8216;Anthropogenic Global Warming&#8217;?</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24 Nov 2009 03:44 AM PST</p>
<p>If you own any   shares in alternative energy companies I should start dumping them NOW. The   conspiracy behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming myth (aka AGW; aka   ManBearPig) has been suddenly, brutally and quite deliciously exposed after a   hacker broke into the computers at the University of East Anglia’s Climate   Research Unit (aka Hadley CRU) and released 61 megabites of confidential   files onto the internet. (Hat tip: Watts Up With That)</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=PBW" target="_blank">PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio</a>; <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=TAN" target="_blank">Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1667" target="_blank">Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on   this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/lhfttKzqyaU/article.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Closed-end fund discounts explained</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24   Nov 2009 03:50 AM PST</p>
<p>The   discount is what makes closed-end funds such interesting and potentially   profitable investment vehicles</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1668" target="_blank">Check   out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own   opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/gCmwNyQhm6s/Thai_N-QReports_09302009.pdf?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Thai Capital Fund Announces Third Quarter Earnings</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24   Nov 2009 04:00 AM PST</p>
<p>Thai   Capital Fund Announces Third Quarter Earnings</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: buy <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=TF" target="_blank">Thai   Capital Fund</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1669" target="_blank">Check   out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own   opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/C7QGwzNpzAc/roundup-of-holiday-spending-surveys-reports.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Round-Up of Holiday Spending Surveys, Reports</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24   Nov 2009 04:43 AM PST</p>
<p>If   the following round-up of holiday spending surveys and news reports (with   salient quotes) is anything to go by, those who have been counting on a   V-shaped recovery in the (consumer-dependent) U.S. economy might want to   reconsider</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: sell <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=RTH" target="_blank">Retail   HOLDRS</a>; sell <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=XRT" target="_blank">SPDR   S&#38;P Retail ETF</a>; sell <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=RTL" target="_blank">iShares   FTSE NAREIT Retail Index Fund</a>; sell <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=ROB" target="_blank">Claymore/Robb   Report Global Luxury Index ETF</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1670" target="_blank">Check   out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own   opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/dl1azbhjf1c/Most-global-banks-are-still-unsafe-warns-SandP.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Most global banks are still unsafe, warns S&#38;P</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24   Nov 2009 05:35 AM PST</p>
<p>Standard   &#38; Poor&#8217;s has given warning that nearly all of the world&#8217;s big banks lack   sufficient capital to cover trading and investment exposure, risking further   downgrades over the next 18 months unless they move swiftly to beef up their   defences.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: sell <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=PGF" target="_blank">PowerShares   Financial Preferred Portfolio</a>; sell <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=IXG" target="_blank">iShares   S&#38;P Global Financials</a>; sell <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=PFF" target="_blank">iShares   S&#38;P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1671" target="_blank">Check   out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own   opinion</a></td>
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<td><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/_5xCKPPd72M/D9C4Q4T00.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Newspaper   circulation may be worse than it looks</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24 Nov 2009 05:54 AM PST</p>
<p>These looser   standards are especially helpful to a newspaper if it sells an   &#8220;electronic edition.&#8221; That can include a subscriber-only Web site,   such as what The Wall Street Journal has, or it can be a digital replica of a   newspaper&#8217;s printed product. Several dozen publications, including USA Today,   sell access to these daily &#8220;e-editions&#8221; that show how the news was   laid out in print. Under the new auditing standards, if a newspaper sells a   &#8220;bundled&#8221; subscription to both the print</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=PBS" target="_blank">PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1672" target="_blank">Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on   this news or add your own opinion</a></p>
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<td><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/QsNluHpc94g/8376019.stm?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Russian central bank   cuts interest rates to record low</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:06 AM PST</p>
<p>Russia&#8217;s central   bank has cut interest rates from 9.5% to a record low of 9% in a widely   expected move. It is the ninth time the bank has cut rates since April this   year as it bids to stimulate demand. In an accompanying statement, the   central bank said it had room to cut as inflation had been easing back.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=XRU" target="_blank">Currency Shares Russian Ruble Trust</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1673" target="_blank">Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on   this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/zbZdMZFrDkE/SB125901580780061337.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Time to Prick the Ag   Commodities Bubble</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24 Nov 2009 08:40 AM PST</p>
<p>Investors can play   a likely falloff in ag prices by shorting an exchange-traded fund, such as   the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (ticker: DBA) or, as a secondary play,   the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO). (Alternately, investors could buy   put options in order to bet on declines in ETF values.)</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=DBA" target="_blank">PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund</a>; <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=MOO" target="_blank">Market Vectors&#8211;Agribusiness ETF</a>;<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Check out how   others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</span></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/U37JLS9tmjI/SB125866320178356259.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Mayors Sound Alarm   Over Drop in City Revenues</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24 Nov 2009 02:52 PM PST</p>
<p>Even as economists   declare the recession over, local revenues continue to fall. That&#8217;s because   the lion&#8217;s share of their receipts &#8212; sales, income and property taxes &#8212; are   connected to the job market and real-estate prices. Jobs and real-estate   prices are expected to lag the broader economic recovery, reducing city   revenues for months or years after the technical end of the recession.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>sell</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=MUB" target="_blank">iShares S&#38;P National Municipal Bond Fund</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1675" target="_blank">Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on   this news or add your own opinion</a></p>
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<td><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/hUzA1orP-GE/news?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Consumer Spending in   U.S. Rises More Than Forecast</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 24 Nov 2009 11:54 PM PST</p>
<p>Spending by U.S.   consumers rebounded in October more than anticipated, an indication that   mounting unemployment has yet to stifle American’s willingness to buy.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=PMR" target="_blank">PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio</a>;</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Check out how   others are using ETFs to capitalize on this news or add your own opinion</span><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=hUzA1orP-GE:m9P_xC0VFRM:yIl2AUoC8zA" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=hUzA1orP-GE:m9P_xC0VFRM:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas?a=hUzA1orP-GE:m9P_xC0VFRM:7Q72WNTAKBA" target="_blank"></a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/XigQCxQLi-w/?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>Debunking   carry-trade denial</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:04 AM PST</p>
<p>In the last few   weeks a host of different banks have stepped forward to question both the   depth and degree of the current dollar carry trade. Among them have been   Goldman Sachs, UBS and Barclays Capital – all claiming the risks of executing   speculative dollar-funded carry trades still outweigh the potential returns,   meaning the trade isn’t half as popular as the market is making out, nor is   it contributing to any such thing as a global asset bubble.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1677" target="_blank">Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on   this news or add your own opinion</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/6wZjQQq9ZZ0/?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>UK GDP revised…</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:43 AM PST</p>
<p>Still, there is   some good news in today’s release. The inventory run-down may have ended and   should make a positive contribution in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=EWU" target="_blank">iShares MSCI-U.K.</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1678" target="_blank">Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on   this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EtfdeskTopNewsAndInvestmentIdeas/~3/vogCbsgLD40/?utm_source=feedburner&#38;utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>More bid rumours in   the UK utility sector</strong></a></p>
<p>Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:56 AM PST</p>
<p>Rumours of   predatory interest in the UK utility sector has been swirling for a few weeks   now with several names mentioned including United Utilities and Severn Trent.   However, the speculation has now focused on one company: International Power,   which owns and operates power plants across Europe, the Persian Gulf, the US,   Australia, Pakistan, Thailand and Indonesia.</p>
<p>ETFDesk users see this as a potential opportunity to: <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=CGW" target="_blank">Claymore S&#38;P Global Water Index ETF</a>; <strong>buy</strong> <a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/funddetail3.aspx?symbol=PIO" target="_blank">PowerShares Global Water Portfolio</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etfdesk.com/headline.aspx?hId=1679" target="_blank">Check out how others are using ETFs to capitalize on   this news or add your own opinion</a></td>
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<title><![CDATA[Is israël (eindelijk) uit de gunst van Amerika?]]></title>
<link>http://cooxpeter.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/is-de-vriendschap-tussen-amerika-en-israel-eindelijk-voorbij/</link>
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<dc:creator>peter coox</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[20091110 Relatie israelUSA Zou er dan toch een einde kunnen komen aan de onvoorwaardelijke steun van]]></description>
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<p>Zou er dan toch een einde kunnen komen aan de onvoorwaardelijke steun van Amerika aan het haatdragende, crapuleuze, hebzuchtige en leugenachtige nepland israël (kleine letter &#8216;i&#8217;)?</p>
<p>Dat was in ieder geval het onderwerp van Terzake van vandaag.</p>
<p>Na een reportage over netanyahu&#8217;s wachten op Obama kwam Jos Geysels en één of andere joodse hypocriet genaamd hans knoop aan het woord over zowel de relatie tussen Amerika en de hoger genoemde agressor en hadden ze ook een discussie over de reële situatie in Palestina en de Hitler-maatregelen die de israëlische regering zich meent te kunnen permitteren in de door hun illegaal bezette Palestijnse gebieden.</p>
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<p>De jood loog de door de VN aangeleverde cijfers en feiten ijskoud af. Wat een arrogantie. Wat een lef. Wat een leugens.</p>
<p>Kunnen wij Belgen echt niets doen om zulke individuen het zwijgen op te leggen? En waarom bestaat er geen wet die dergelijk negationisme streng veroordeelt? Maar vooral: kan onze regering echt niets doen om het israëlisch onrecht in de Palestijnse gebieden te doen stoppen?</p>
<blockquote><p>Tientallen jaren lang heeft Israël in de ogen van Amerika niets verkeerds kunnen doen. De leiders van de twee landen zijn altijd als vrienden bij elkaar op bezoek geweest.</p>
<p>Dat de Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu gisteravond urenlang heeft moeten wachten vooraleer hij door president Barack Obama ontvangen werd, is daarom des te opvallender.</p>
<p>Barack Obama zou in het vredesproces tussen Israël en de Palestijnen graag een doorbraak zien. Maar de Israëlische regering houdt vast aan een aantal onverzoenlijke eisen die de onderhandelingen met de Palestijnen allesbehalve vooruithelpen.</p>
<p>Is het geduld van Barack Obama met Israël op, en staan de relaties tussen de twee landen op een keerpunt? En hoe moet het nu verder met het vredesproces in het Midden-Oosten?</p>
<p>Kathleen Cools praat in de studio met hans knoop van het Forum van Joodse Organisaties en met voormalig politicus Jos Geysels (Agalev/Groen!) die heel onlangs met een groep Vlaamse politici in Israël en de Palestijnse gebieden is geweest.</p></blockquote>
<p>De reportage over de bekoelde betrekkingen tussen Amerika en israël vind je <a title="Obama laat Netanyahu wachten" href="http://www.deredactie.be/permalink//1.632681" target="_blank">hier</a>.</p>
<p>Het gesprek met Jos Geysels en &#8220;revisionist&#8221; hans knoop vind je <a title="Komt er ooit een einde aan het Palestijns-israëlisch conflict?" href="http://www.deredactie.be/permalink//1.632680" target="_blank">hier</a>.</p>
<p>Het schokkende rapport van de missie van politici en het middenveld in de Palestijnse gebieden en israël vind je <a title="Rapport van de missie van politici en het middenveld in de Palestijnse gebieden en Israël" href="http://terzake.canvas.be/achtergrondinformatie/47151/" target="_blank">hier</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving: Yum Yum, Time to Pig Out]]></title>
<link>http://pfranzme.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/thanksgiving-yum-yum-time-to-pig-out/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>soda_santa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pfranzme.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/thanksgiving-yum-yum-time-to-pig-out/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year; the preparation for the annual food feast.  Can&#8217;t wait to eat ma]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[La Grande Roue de Paris]]></title>
<link>http://pfranzme.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/la-grande-roue-de-paris/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>soda_santa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pfranzme.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/la-grande-roue-de-paris/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[1900 French Ferris Wheel Antique Postcard La Grande Roue de Paris must have been an awe inspiring si]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[funken drunken]]></title>
<link>http://scame.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/funken-drunken/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cleomf</dc:creator>
<guid>http://scame.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/funken-drunken/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Inainte de marea intalnire in vastul si dotatul living, am cumparat delicatese: seminte. Si fiind eu]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Duminica; la amiaza.]]></title>
<link>http://scame.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/duminica-la-amiaza/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cleomf</dc:creator>
<guid>http://scame.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/duminica-la-amiaza/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[are un singur sens si o sa-mi iasa, dar n-o s-o mai inteleg]]></title>
<link>http://scame.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/are-un-singur-sens-si-o-sa-mi-iasa-dar-n-o-s-o-mai-inteleg/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cleomf</dc:creator>
<guid>http://scame.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/are-un-singur-sens-si-o-sa-mi-iasa-dar-n-o-s-o-mai-inteleg/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[este de o sinceritate pe care o apreciezi, dar iti vine si sa-l pocnesti cu capul de primul bolovan ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Puf!!!... p u f!... pfffff.....]]></title>
<link>http://lizzythinks.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/puf-p-u-f-pfffff/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lizzy Thinks</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lizzythinks.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/puf-p-u-f-pfffff/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Call me crazy, call me childish, call me absurd&#8230; Why? Pf&#8230; eram in bucatarie. Nimic ciuda]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">Call me crazy, call me childish, call me absurd&#8230;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">Why?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">Pf&#8230; eram in bucatarie. Nimic ciudat aici(or maybe just a liltle). Vroiam sa imi incalzesc o pizza gata facuta. Nimic ciudat aici. In timp ce ma agitam de colo-colo ca un Pepsi alterat gata sa explodeze, ma opresc ca trasnita in fata aragazului&#8230; Ceva ciudat aici. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">Fix pe colt era un puf din ala mic si dragut si pufos. Din ala care tot zboara prin aer si pot deveni foarte enervanti, din aia despre care zic toti ca da-l prinzi sa ti-l pui in san si sa iti pui o dorinta. Poate pare neinsemnat, fara sens si poate denota ca as fi superstitioasa dar, serios acum!!! Cred ca e un semn&#8230; or maybe I&#8217;m just that desperate. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">Adica, follow me for a sec, here. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">Unii oameni se chinuie, alearga, se tot foiesc sa capete unul, sa-si puna o dorinta si sa-l bage in san; dar eu&#8230; eu&#8230; Eu nici macar nu m-am straduit sa-l prind si totusi, a venit el la mine. Puteam sa fiu oriunde altundeva in momentul ala iar fix inainte sa intru in bucatarie sa vina o adiere de vand si sa-l ia de acolo, dar&#8230; NU!!! Era fix in fata mea, stand cumva in drumul meu.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">M-am holbat la el un timp cu spatula de lemn in mana, intepenita, uitandu-ma din cand in cand in stanga si in dreapta, ca o hoata, sa vad daca ma vede sau daca vine cineva. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">L-am luat&#8230;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">M-am uitat la el un timp&#8230; Pizda ma-sii, ce rau se poate intampla?! Mi-am pus amarata aia de dorinta si l-am bagat in tricou.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">Desi, n-ar trebui sa spun dorinta, tot o s-o zic&#8230;  cred ca mi-am dorit doua chestii.. Adica l-am strans in pumn si am zis ceva gen: &#8220;As vrea sa fiu cu el si sa fim fericiti&#8221;&#8230; cred ca se pune ca doua dorinte. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">Apoi m-am tot gandit&#8230; Am incercat sa despic dorintele. Le-am luat pe rand.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">a) Sa fim fericiti. Am putea fi fericti, fara sa fim impreuna. Adica suntem foarte fericiti cand suntem impreuna. Eu, cel putin, sunt mai mult decat fericita cand sunt pe langa el&#8230; si nici lui nu cred ca-i displace compania mea&#8230; Aceasta &#8220;fericire&#8221; pe care o emanam cand suntem unul langa altul, ar putea sa ne aduca intr-o zi impreuna&#8230; Dar apoi, ar fi tare daca.. pe parcurs.. am omori &#8220;fericirea&#8221; dintre noi si am ajunge sa fim montoni si banali si previzibili.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">b)Am putea fi impreuna&#8230; fara sa fim fericti. Asta ar fi foarte crud. Am fi din prima, fara sa treaca ceva timp de cand suntem impreuna pentru a deveni asa,  tristi, monotoni, banali, previzibili si saturati unul de altul. N-am avea pasiunea aia nebuna&#8230;. Focul ala ce ne mistuie marutaiele.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>Concluzie:</em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">Cred ca am pus bine dorinta&#8230; impreuna si fericiti; pentru ca nu poti sa le iei separat. Se leaga. E ca un fel de Ying-Yang. Can&#8217;t have one without the other. So, e o singura dorinta&#8230; care asa va ramane&#8230; doar o dorinta.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">P.S.: am inceput sa folosesc cam des &#8220;apoi&#8221; si &#8220;adica&#8221; &#124;:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;">P.P.S: am inceput s-o dau pe englo-romana ((:</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[PFF - Back to school!]]></title>
<link>http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/pff-back-to-school/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ilyani</dc:creator>
<guid>http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/pff-back-to-school/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hiya Friday Postcards Friends!! I haven&#8217;t done much postcards blogging lately, been messed up ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hiya Friday Postcards Friends!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  I haven&#8217;t done much postcards blogging lately, been messed up with many things and I guess it&#8217;s gonna stay like this for quite a while. But I just want to take this opportunity to blog on this blessed Friday coz <a href="http://cpaphilblog.com/" target="_blank">Marie the lovely hostess</a> has cheered me up with her public birthday wish (I am *still* blushing if you can see me) and I have also a public message to you guys who have visited me a few times here especially on PFF.</p>
<p>Well, remember the cute postcard sent to me as a <a href="http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/random-act-of-smilenes-for-postcards-friendship-friday/" target="_blank">Random Act of Smileness</a> I featured on PFF many weeks before? The postcard I&#8217;m featuring today is somewhat the idea of RAS as well, only I had received this card way before RAS officially existed on Postcrossing forum. And still it was really a sweet surprise, for no reason, just to make me smile &#8211; and sure I did! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> ))</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilyani/2449256490/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2339/2449256490_f9588c819e.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>A beautiful picture of Ameri&#8217;s historical house in Iran. But what&#8217;s written on the back is in fact more beautiful..</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1419" title="omid" src="http://imajication.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/omid.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="302" /></p>
<p>I think Omid doesnt mind I put his message here as he&#8217;s no longer on Postcrossing since years..  When I saw this card in the hostel mailbox, I was like, OMG, that&#8217;s the thoughtful of a postcard swapper who&#8217;s actually a loving friend I didn&#8217;t know! I was living in the student hostel over the years of university time, and only came home to collect my mails once a month and though I did give the safety-suspicous hostel address to Postcrossers for some reason (okay, coz I was actually impatient to wait til get home!) but a lovely surprise like this really cheered me up alot from the boredom and craziness of living in the hostel!</p>
<p>OKAY and why I do feature this card now, you ask? Coz in a few days, I&#8217;ll be back to school again!! AGH! I&#8217;ve been accepeted to do postgrad studies in Electronics starting July, and by end of this month I&#8217;m going to a new university to see a new environment and new guys perhaps, after half a year of rest and half a year of job and half a year of rest again. And that will also mean a rest of my Postcrossing activity again.. *sob sob* plus I dont think I can drag the huge box of postcards along to wherever I&#8217;ll be living for the next one year, therefore don&#8217;t be surprised if you don&#8217;t see me update my postcards blog as usual.</p>
<p>So it&#8217;s sad to announce this, but this is perhaps my last entry of PFF for now, I am not sure when I will come back on postcards blogsphere again, but just wish me luck for my school comeback &#8211; coz I hate classes!! =___=</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cpaphilblog.com/2009/06/happy-birthday-imajica-postcard_25.html"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1147" src="http://imajication.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/pff2.jpg" alt="pff2" width="200" height="121" /></a></p>
<p>Happy happy PFF my dears! And many thanks for having visited me in past weeks, you have no idea how much it really made my days!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  *BIG BIG HUGS!*</p>
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<title><![CDATA[PFF - Haris the Toy Voyager]]></title>
<link>http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/pff-haris-the-toy-voyager/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ilyani</dc:creator>
<guid>http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/pff-haris-the-toy-voyager/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hello! I have made a few postcards posts featuring Haris previously, but now I decided to introduce ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hello! I have made a few <a href="http://imajication.wordpress.com/tag/haris/" target="_blank">postcards posts featuring Haris</a> previously, but now I decided to introduce properly this little friend of mine to all my Friday Postcards friends! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1398" title="Haris" src="http://imajication.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/17012009003-001.jpg?w=300" alt="17012009(003)-001" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>This is <strong>Haris</strong>. A cool kitty, can be naughty at times and likes to eat alot! No wonder he looks as if he gained weight after one month traveling to Paris last February! Well, he started his journey on behalf of imajica (who wishes so hard that she could fit an envelope to travel Europe too -___- ) and has been to <strong>Paris, Rome, Budapest</strong> recently and now is staying with Essi in <strong>Lappeenranta, Finland</strong>! He will soon probably be visiting Poland and Macedonia!</p>
<p>Please see <a href="http://www.toyvoyagers.com/index.php?a=topic&#38;t=210069">Hari&#8217;s travelog on ToyVoyagers</a> for his journey diary and loads of photos! And here&#8217;s the map showing his path (before Finland)</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1403" title="harismap" src="http://imajication.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/harismap.jpg" alt="harismap" width="404" height="273" /></p>
<p>And what does this kitty toy have to do with Postcards, you ask? <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Now let&#8217;s take a look back at my previous postcards of <a href="http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/paris/" target="_blank">Paris</a> (and <a href="http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/the-eiffel-tower/" target="_blank">Eiffel Tower</a>!), <a href="http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/budapest-revisited/" target="_blank">Budapest</a>, <a href="http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/roma-rome/" target="_blank">Rome</a>, and <a href="http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/sauna-in-finland/" target="_blank">Finland</a> all featuring Haris!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  It&#8217;s really good to know (at least) I have some postcards with places he went to!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cpaphilblog.com/2009/06/postcard-friendship-friday-21-pansy.html"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1147" title="pff2" src="http://imajication.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/pff2.jpg" alt="pff2" width="200" height="121" /></a></p>
<p>Happy PFF from Haris and imajica to everyone!! xx</p>
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<title><![CDATA[PFF 3 - Lady Killer ]]></title>
<link>http://feimperatrice.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/pff-3-lady-killer/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>feimperatrice</dc:creator>
<guid>http://feimperatrice.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/pff-3-lady-killer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lady Killer de Lisa Scottoline Antes de escrever o que achei do livro devo contar como adquiri o mes]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Antes de escrever o que achei do livro devo contar como adquiri o mesmo. Estava na Fnac da paulista um dia, no horário de almoço e resolvi que tinha que comprar um livro meio que de suspense ou assassinato, qualquer coisa diferente e que me distraísse. Foi assim que esbarrei com Lady Killer  de <a href="http://scottoline.com/Site/" target="_blank">Lisa Scottoline</a> em meio a outros livros e como a capa era simpaticazinha comprei.<br />
Já na dedicatória do livro consegui ver que de duas uma: ou iria melhorar o meu grupo seleto de livros ou o negócio iria ficar preto.</p>
<address>To my BFF, Franca Palumbo </address>
<p style="text-align:justify;">hum&#8230; ok vai exagerei, mas também depois do último livro.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Enfim, focando. Lady Killer conta a historia de uma advogada, no caso Mary DiNunzio, que tem uma vida agitada entre todos os casos que tem que cuidar, não tem uma vida amorosa e sabe que seu trabalho é bom a ponto de querer virar sócia da firma. Só que o ponto principal do livro ocorre quando uma ex-colega rival de Mary, a Trish Gambone, vai em seu escritório pedindo socorro porque seu namorado, Bobby (caso de colegial da Mary, que na verdade foi a primeira vez da Mary e que levou Mary a fazer um aborto), que trabalha na máfia (ou melhor tem um ponto e vende drogas) vai matar ela (ou é isso que Trash ou melhor Trish pensa, afinal quando ele bebe abusa dela).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Olha gente.. eu gostei do livro! (finalmente) Porque existem várias tramas ao mesmo tempo, e o título leva você a pensar uma coisa e mentalmente você sempre fica torcendo para que as coisas ocorram, o que faz com que o ritmo da leitura seja bom. E muitas vezes você está do lado de Mary e muitas você não consegue entender as suas atitudes e pensa; nãoooo que burra. Pode não ser um livro ótimo de literatura ou coisa do tipo, mas para mim é o suficiente, me diverti muito. Então vamos às partes&#8230;</p>
<p>No começo do livro Mary convence o pai, que faz parte do Deam Martin Fan Club, a não processar uma mulher que é do fã clube do Frank Sinatra. &#8211; total desnecessário, mas até que engraçado um grupo de senhores fazendo parte de um fã clube.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;No, sure, you did the right thing.&#8221; Mary slipped the Blackberry in her pocket, where it began to vibrate like crazy. If it were in her pants, she´d be having a really good time.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Considerando que isso está escrito na página 9 do livro, acho que ou a autora tem senso de humor ou está com sérios problemas.</p>
<blockquote><address>Only a true girlfriend would hate someone on your say-so. In fact that´s what girlfriends were for. </address>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Devemos lembrar aqui que a Trish, algumas vezes Trash, é a amiga rival da Mary, ela é a Mean girl do colégio, então aqui fica claro a amizade entre Mary e Judy, que detesta Trish mesmo não sabendo nada sobre ela. Enfim achei fofinho.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Agora uma parte para ilustrar as pessoas do bairro onde a Mary morava e obviamente todas as pessoas que iam no mesmo colégio, já pensou&#8230; lá tem disso. Enfim essa é uma frase dita pel Elvira Rotunno, mãe do Anthony (leia a próxima frase, depois dessa)</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;She´s an Indian religion where they think God is an elephant. It´s okay by me. I got a cat, and he thinks he´s God.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Ok agora um dos melhores diálogos:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8221; What is?&#8221;<br />
Anthony looked up from his hands. &#8220;You think I´m gay?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Aren´t you?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;No! Oh my God, no. Not at all. I´m not gay.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Imagine se o cara perfeito, que cozinha bem, gosta de vinhos, é organizado, te convida para sair e você adora falar com ele de repente assume que não é gay. Só em livro?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Frase para pensar do livro:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;You expect so little of people, that´s why you get so little.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Frase malvadinha da Mean girl rainha sobre suas três amiguinhas mean girls:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;They´re close to me, but I´m not close to them.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Comentário aleatório:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Trish. You hear me?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I known all that. I watch CSI, too.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Frase fofa da Judy para a Mary, quando a Mary conta sobre o aborto (ninguém sabia, só o Anthony):</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;You Know what I love about you, Mare?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;What?&#8221;<br />
And Judy answered: &#8220;Everything.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Frase engraçada da Mary para a Judy sobre a vida já no fim do livro:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Can you believe this? For a long time, I had a job and no boyfriend. Now I have a boyfriend and no job. How do you get both at once?&#8221;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Ela volta para a firma de advocacia depois de tudo, então ela consegue as duas coisas. Fora o fato de ter resolvido o mistério em torno da morte de Bobby, aquele que ia matar a Trish. E isso é tudo que posso falar.</p>
<p>E para terminar: <em>Acknowledgments</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;I´m a fan of making new friends, but I´ll always keep the old.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">E deixo aqui a primeira pergunta do &#8220;Book Club Questions for Lady Killer&#8221; (tem as perguntas no final do livro)</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">1. In Lady Killer, Mary´s high school nemesis comes to her for help. How do you think you would have reacted if you were Mary? Why do you think Mary felt compelled to help Trish?&#8221;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Isso é tudo pessoal, só não sei quando vou ler o próximo, porque quero reler um certo livro antes do lançamento do filme, se é que vocês me entendem.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ZZ Top @ Vorst Nationaal]]></title>
<link>http://cooxpeter.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/zz-top/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>peter coox</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cooxpeter.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/zz-top/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[20090612 ZZTop De Texaanse baarden van ZZ Top kwamen es naar Vorst. Nieuwsgierig telde ik daar dan o]]></description>
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<p>De Texaanse baarden van ZZ Top kwamen es naar Vorst. Nieuwsgierig telde ik daar dan ook met plezier om en bij de 50€ voor neer.</p>
<p>Wat een tegenvaller!</p>
<p>Géén emotie, géén charisma, slecht geluid, een belachelijk 6de hands Led-schermpje met nog belachelijkere video&#8217;s, en de makste podiumprestatie die ik ooit gezien heb. Doe daar nog een infantiel ingestudeerd interviewtje bij en daar moesten we het dan mee doen. Op en al een uur en een kwartje.</p>
<p>Wat een rip-off.</p>
<p>&#8216;Gimme all your lovin&#8221;, &#8216;Sharp dressed man&#8217;, &#8216;Legs&#8217;, en &#8216;La Grange&#8217;, waren wel leuk om nog es te horen, zelfs best ok gespeeld, maar dan nog&#8230; Het kwaad was al geschiet.</p>
<p>Ik wil mijn geld terug.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[waiting...]]></title>
<link>http://rawfishkei.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/waiting/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kei</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rawfishkei.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/waiting/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[asi es, waiting.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BuscadOres De internet]]></title>
<link>http://bananinass.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/buscadores-de-internet/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bananinass</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bananinass.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/buscadores-de-internet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Los buscadores personalizados o personalizables son servicios en línea que permiten al usuario crear]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Los buscadores personalizados o personalizables son servicios en línea que permiten al usuario crear buscadores especializados, también denominados &#8216;verticales&#8217; o &#8216;de nicho&#8217;, para recuperar información de una serie de sitios web preseleccionados por el propio autor.<br />
Para qué sirven<br />
Los buscadores personalizados sirven para recuperar información especializada en un determinado ámbito con mayor pertinencia que la búsqueda web. En este sentido, su mayor o menor utilidad dependerá de los conocimientos del creador para seleccionar las webs más adecuadas para el tema o especialidad de que trate su buscador</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Inventez tot ce vad ca sa pot auzi]]></title>
<link>http://scame.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/inventez-tot-ce-vad-ca-sa-pot-auzi/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cleomf</dc:creator>
<guid>http://scame.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/inventez-tot-ce-vad-ca-sa-pot-auzi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sa fac si eu ceva in viata asta.&#8221; Faci. Se izbesc de timpanele tale cuvintele din privi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#8220;Sa fac si eu ceva in viata asta.&#8221; Faci. Se izbesc de timpanele tale cuvintele din privi]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Burgerplicht part 2]]></title>
<link>http://cooxpeter.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/burgerplicht-part-2/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>peter coox</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cooxpeter.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/burgerplicht-part-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[20090607 LamGods Enkele weken geleden kreeg ik het bericht dat ik mijn burgerplicht mocht vervullen ]]></description>
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<p>Enkele weken geleden kreeg ik het bericht dat ik mijn burgerplicht mocht vervullen als reserve bijzitter bij vandaag&#8217;s verkiezingen.</p>
<p>Gisteren mocht ik dus een leuke StuBru-fuif en het meer dan aangename gezelschap vroegtijdig verlaten zodat ik vandaag om 0715u uitgerust en goed gezind (not!) vadertje staat ten dienste kon staan.</p>
<p>Gelukkig verschenen alle &#8216;echte&#8217; bijzitters min of meer op tijd waardoor ik na mijn stemplicht naar huis mocht gaan.</p>
<p>De zondag werd nog een aangename dag, met een leuke uitstap, leuk gezelschap en fijne vrienden.</p>
<p>Het kon het wrange gevoel van deze morgen echter niet helemaal wegnemen&#8230;</p>
<p>Pff.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Carpe Diem]]></title>
<link>http://cooxpeter.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/carpe-diem/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>peter coox</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cooxpeter.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/carpe-diem/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[20090605 Patrick Gisteren sprak ik hem nog. Grapjes makend, lachend, goed gezind. Deze morgen kreeg ]]></description>
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<p>Gisteren sprak ik hem nog. Grapjes makend, lachend, goed gezind.</p>
<p>Deze morgen kreeg ik te horen dat ie ons verlaten had.</p>
<p>Voorgoed.</p>
<p>En dat doet pijn. Veel pijn.</p>
<p>Patrick was een loyale collega, maar vooral een eerlijk, oprecht en goed mens die me raad gaf, hielp waar hij kon en me bijstond wanneer ik het nodig had.</p>
<p>Hij hielp me dingen te aanvaarden zonder ze te hoeven begrijpen. Hij leerde me te relativeren, ook wanneer dat heel moeilijk voor me was. En hij liet me inzien om van het leven te genieten, ten alle tijde.</p>
<p>Merci Patrick, en rust zacht. Ik zal je missen!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[PFF - Vejen der ikke starter i hjertet...]]></title>
<link>http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/pff-vejen-der-ikke-starter-i-hjertet/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ilyani</dc:creator>
<guid>http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/pff-vejen-der-ikke-starter-i-hjertet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I received these AWESOME cards from Smist in 2006 and may I repeat, I LOVE cards written on it in la]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I received these AWESOME cards from Smist in 2006 and may I repeat, I LOVE cards written on it in languages strange to me.. in fact I love the idea of Postcrossing not only I can get to see pictures of places faraway on postcards.. but get familiar with the languages as well! Especially the European languages, yes, which I don&#8217;t see a sight of anywhere here.. except English. So I am glad I keep postcards of them! Okay &#8211; nevermind that I don&#8217;t learn every single language in this world, but I feel smart enough when I can distiguish a text, say, in French, from German! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  (tell you, my friends here won&#8217;t manage that!) Anyway, here comes Danish! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilyani/2448374171/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/2448374171_8fcd6c6c18.jpg" alt="" width="353" height="436" /></a></p>
<p><strong>&#8220;Vejen der ikke starter i hjertet ender blindt&#8221;</strong>&#8230;<br />
<em> &#8220;The course that does not begin in the heart ends in a blind alley&#8221;. </em></p>
<p>These cards were published by a university in Denmark to say that the education you choose should feel *right* to your heart <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Of course, it doesn&#8217;t make sense to spend years studying something you don&#8217;t feel close to your heart, no?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilyani/2449197168/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2449197168_a34312e761.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="318" /></a></p>
<p>And another card with the same quote, only written with many different languages!! Ain&#8217;t this cool? <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  But I don&#8217;t see Malay in here, hmm.. that would be more or less, <em>&#8220;Pembelajaran yang tidak bermula dari hati akan berakhir dengan kegelapan&#8221;</em>..</p>
<p>Now that my subject is language, how do you say &#8220;HAPPY POSTCARD FRIENDSHIP FRIDAY&#8221; in your language? (if it&#8217;s not English <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
<p>Selamat Hari Jumaat Persahabatan Poskad!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.cpaphilblog.com/2009/06/big-vloggy-hello-postcard-friendship.html"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1147" title="pff2" src="http://imajication.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/pff2.jpg" alt="pff2" width="200" height="121" /></a></p>
<p>Visit <a href="http://www.cpaphilblog.com/" target="_blank">Marie&#8217;s</a> for more PFF fun!! XD</p>
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<title><![CDATA[PFF - 2 Confessions of a Shopaholic]]></title>
<link>http://feimperatrice.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/pff-2-confessions-of-a-shopaholic/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>feimperatrice</dc:creator>
<guid>http://feimperatrice.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/pff-2-confessions-of-a-shopaholic/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Confessions of a shopaholic - capa do livro e poster do filme Confesso que comprei o livro porque vi]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_204" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 342px"><img class="size-full wp-image-204" title="confessions-of-a-shopaholic" src="http://feimperatrice.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/confessions-of-a-shopaholic-movie-poster-2.jpg" alt="Confessions of a shopaholic - capa do livro e poster do filme" width="332" height="500" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Confessions of a shopaholic - capa do livro e poster do filme</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Confesso que comprei o livro porque vi o trailer do filme e pensei: por que não? Mais um livro para comparar com filmes. E também comprei o livro porque queria ler algo “leve” para não dizer fútil. Ou seja, não esperava muito do livro. Eu realmente imaginava que era algo como o Diabo veste Prada ou coisa assim, essa era a visão que eu tinha baseada no trailer.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/d5muyAz5DYM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/d5muyAz5DYM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Para quem não sabe, Confessions of a shopaholic conta a história de Rebecca Bloomwood, uma jornalista que vive em um flat em Londres, tem vários amigos socialites e tem todo o tipo de roupa possível porque é viciada em compras. O problema principal do livro é que ela chegou a um ponto em que não consegue financiar o vicio e vai se endividando. O trabalho de Becky, ironicamente, é escrever para a revista Successful Saving. Ah sim&#8230; e ela não entende muita coisa de finanças e odeia o trabalho, mas se acostumou porque precisa ganhar dinheiro. E, a cada carta do banco informando a sua dívida, para se consolar ela tem que gastar mais.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Resolvi que minhas opiniões foram pontuais neste livro então minha nova forma de descrever como me senti e o que pensava ao ler o livro vão ser resumidos e colocados com citações, com objetivo de ficar mais direto e dinâmico.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">“No,” I mutter. But I can&#8217;t bring myself to smile. In front of me, my new swirly coat and high-heeled boots are disappearing into a puddle, like the Wicked Witch of the west. No promotion. Just a press conference about&#8230; I turn over the card. About a new unit trust. How could anyone possibly describe that as interesting?</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Tipo já percebi que a personagem não era lá tão esperta no primeiro capítulo, como alguém que não gosta do que faz e não sabe o que faz é promovido? Mas gostei da comparação com Wicked, se a autora gosta de musical não pode ser um livro tão mal.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">I honestly feel as though I&#8217;ve run an obstacle course to get here. In fact, I think they should list shopping as a cardiovascular activity. My heart never beats as fast as it does when I see a “reduced by 50 percent” sign.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Esse parágrafo retrata bem como a personagem pensa, o legal é que para quem já comprou algo por impulso em uma promoção que são feitas para as pessoas comprarem, independente se tem dinheiro ou não. Nesta parte a compra por impulso ou por qualquer motivo ocorre na vida dela e seria legal se fosse considerado um esporte.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Well, what I supposed to think? There he was, there I was- and make no mistake, if his mind was saying no, his body was certainly saying yes, yes, yes. So, being a modern girl, I reached for his trouser zip and began to pull it down. When he reached down and brushed me aside I thought he was plaing games, and carried on, even more enthusiastically.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Parte frustrada em que ela descobre do voto de castidade do peguete dela&#8230; a relação meio que a lá Christina Aguilera acabou por aí, não ficou mais interessante que isso.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Life would be a lot easier if conversations were rewindable and erasable, like videos.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Sensacional, imagina o tempo que se ia gastar voltado e regravando. Mas foi legal pensar na possibilidade de.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">As I walk along to the tube I feel pure and refreshed. Stern, almost. Look at all these people on the street, scurrying around, thinking about nothing but money. Money, money, money, money. It&#8217;s an obsession. But once you relinquish money altogether, it ceases to have any relevance. Already I feel I&#8217;m in a completely different mindset. Less materialistic, more philosophical. More spiritual. As David E. Barton says, we all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already posses. Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends&#8230; I mean, these are the things that matter, aren&#8217;t they?</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Quem nunca pensou assim e mesmo assim não pensa em dinheiro e não gasta compulsivamente, ou já gastou compulsivamente. Foi legal perceber a critica no meio do livro, mas a maior parte você fica com raiva da burrice da personagem e constrangida por ela de algumas coisas que ela faz.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Quickly I retrace my steps and walk nonchalantly into the entrance hall, trying to look as though I come here all the time. Not like that bunch of Japanese tourists clustering round their guide. Ha! I think proudly, I&#8217;m no tourist. This is my heritage. My culture.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Esse parágrafo é em homenagem as pessoas que vão a museus e entendem de arte. Tudo bem que Becky não sabia nada e foi uma tentativa frustrada de fazer algo no final de semana sem gastar. Mesmo assim é bom saber que no mundo todo as pessoas são turistas da própria história.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">I flash her a little smile and keep walking, without missing a step. But I can hardly breath. Shit. What am I going to do? What the fuck am I going to do?</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Esta é uma das partes mais embaraçosas do livro, a personagem resolve que gastar menos não dá então a idéia é ganhar mais dinheiro. Então ela inventa várias coisas no currículo e vai para a entrevista. E foge, porque né percebe a roubada em que se meteu.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">The next morning, it all comes rushing back to me like a horror movie.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">No one likes me anymore. Suddenly I feel a bit small and sad, and I scrunch up even more in my chair. Oh God, I hate today.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Everyone&#8217;s moving on without me, into a world I don&#8217;t understand.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Essa é a parte que dura bastante até que ela realmente não sabe o que fazer e foge para a casa do pais, depois de mais uma situação mega embaraçosa.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">At the back of my mind, like a nasty little gremlin, is the knowledge that I won&#8217;t be able to stay here forever.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Mas é na página 255 que a reviravolta meio que no estilo de Legalmente Loira ocorre e as coisas finalmente vão acontecer. “I&#8217;m just&#8230;popping next door.” Nesse momento Becky faz uma matéria no jornal nacional acusando uma empresa de ter enganado os clientes, ela junta coisinhas que ela sabe e vão ocorrendo no livro com o fato dela ter aconselhado os vizinhos a mudar uma aplicação e envolve reembolso e tudo mais. E ela ganha pela matéria “Four hundred quid. That all right?” Eu não tenho idéia de quanto se ganha por uma matéria foda como a dela, mas depois de ler isso pensei em me tornar jornalista. E como eu sei que a matéria é foda: “As I put down the phone, I feel faint. I&#8217;m going to be on television.”</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">E sim ela vai e daí você pensa, meu olha o mico. Agora antes de ir para o ar o legal é que ela ganha um cartão de boa sorte dos vizinhos que canta&#8230; já vi algo assim em algum lugar&#8230; e ela fica confiante com isso. “No matter if it&#8217;s rain or shine, we all know that you&#8217;ll be fine”.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Daí o final feliz se torna feliz e o cara babaca um fofo “I was just goint to ask if you&#8217;d like to have dinner tonight”. E nesse meio tempo ela cai na real:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Who do I think I&#8217;m kidding? What exactly will I achieve by dodging Derek Smeath (cara do banco) one more time? It&#8217;s time to grow up, Becky, I tell myself. It&#8217;s time to stop running away.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">E o final feliz acontece:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">It&#8217;s pretty obvious we&#8217;re not going to do much talking at all.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Fim, como previsto, deduzido, esperado, um ótimo livro para passar o tempo, mas acho que ver o filme nesse caso deve ser suficiente, não deve ser algo como &#8220;o livro é bem melhor do que o filme&#8221;. Mas completo e comento essa parte quando ver o filme, agora já sei que vai ser diferente porque fiquei esperando a parte em que ela congela o cartão de crédito e não tem nesse livro&#8230; hum talvez tenha em um dos outros quatro shopholic, mas não vai ser eu quem vai tirar esta dúvida.</p>
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<link>http://feimperatrice.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/sabado-pode-ser-interessante/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 01:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>feimperatrice</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Este post começou por dois motivos, o primeiro porque fiquei sem tempo de comentar o que ocorreu na ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Este post começou por dois motivos, o primeiro porque fiquei sem tempo de comentar o que ocorreu na semana passada e que seria o meu PFF 2 &#8211; referente a conhecer uma pessoa (isso ficará mais claro no decorrer do post e não  foi o PFF 2) e o segundo motivo é para comentar o que ocorreu hoje. Considerando que ambos os fatores ocorreram em um sábado, nada mais justo de considerar que: Sábado&#8230; pode ser interessante.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Na semana passada acordei no sábado mais cedo do que de costume, mas isso foi positivo porque a idéia era acordar e conhecer o Trevor, um ex-cliente do meu pai, inglês, que conhecera a minha família junto com sua mulher em 2007 enquanto eu estava em um work and travel em Chicago, EUA. Confesso que quando cheguei em casa sexta-feira de noite a idéia a princípio não foi muito animadora, mas isso foi bem passageiro porque quando descobri que iria no mercadão comer pastel de bacalhau as coisas mudaram. Conhecer Trevor foi bem interessante, ele tem uma visão de mundo ampla, já esteve em muitos lugares e acabei descobrindo várias coisas interessantes sobre Índia, Paquistão e Egito (nada muito a fundo, mas contar até 10 em arábico não é uma coisa que se faz todos os dias).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Obviamente que ele coloca uma visão inglesa em muitas coisas e não necessariamente isso é bom. Acho até que ele não me achou muito normal quando soube que eu penso em viajar em breve e quem sabe para um dos lugares mensionados acima, se não para o Vietnã ou Panamá. O fato é que uma coisa que achei super divertido foi ele confessar que tinha ligado a TV e se divertido muito com a comédia indiana que estava passando. Quando informamos que Caminho das Índias era uma novela ele ria mais, concordo que para alguém que visiou a índia a novela pode parecer piada, afinal acho que só a Juliana Paes poderia tentar passar por indiana, mas é ficção brasileira e não vem ao caso.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Concluindo foi um sábado interessante, tomei um vinho da África do sul muito bom (para um paladar como o meu que não entende nada disso) enquanto conversava com o inglês e com o meu pai. Comi novamente pastel de bacalhau no mercadão, uma coisa que eu gosto mesmo , e ainda me diverti junto com meus irmãos e minha avó vendo o Trevor comprar bacalhau, castanha do pará e carne para levar para a Inglaterra. Depois eu tenho até que perguntar se ele conseguiu chegar com isso tudo por lá.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Diferente da semana passada, hoje acordei para ter um sábado interessante. Confesso que olhando para tudo agora até me divirto com isso, mas minha manhã foi longe de ser algo feliz. Acordar mais cedo porque você vai fazer algo diferente, conhecer uma pessoa nova e tudo mais é Ok, agora acordar mais cedo para fazer uma penca de exames é outra história. Hoje eu, minha irmã, minha mãe e minha avó agendamos alguns exames de rotina (ok eu não sou a maior fã de exames, mas como passou realmente muito tempo desde o meu último exame isso era necessário).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Acordei nem tão cedo assim porque dois dos exames tinham hora marcada então calculamos mais ou menos que horas sair de casa e tudo mais. Chegamos no Delboni da marginal, escolhemos o laboratório porque é realmente perto de casa, e pegamos as senhas, procedimento comum para quem está acostumado a fazer isso. Sentadas para aguardar o nosso número surge o primeiro questionameto: que horas a gente comeu mesmo? Discutimos brevemente, fizemos uma conta, vimos que se não fóssemos logo atendidas o horário iria passar, no meio tempo a minha avó fica brava porque foi dormir mais tarde para comer qualquer coisa porque sabia que isso ocorreria. Até que minha avó é chamada, senha preferêncial&#8230; super fofo.</p>
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<div id="attachment_192" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 465px"><img class="size-full wp-image-192" title="Minha não preferencial senha" src="http://feimperatrice.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/photo31.jpg" alt="Minha não preferencial senha" width="455" height="341" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Minha não preferencial senha</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">De repente minha avó volta meio brava e diz &#8220;não vou poder fazer o exame porque são dois tipos de exame de sangue e um não pode passar de 12 horas, mas o outro tem que ter pelo menos 12 horas de jejum e fazem 10 horas que estou em jejum, porque achei que seria como o de vocês&#8221;. Gente isso poderia parecer triste, mas foi super engraçado porque eu, minha irmã e minha mãe estávamos há quase 12 horas de jejum e já planejávamos o que fazer para sermos atendidas rapidamente e, logo antes de ser chamada, minha avó deu meio que uma bronca em nós três porque havia prevido que isso ocorreria e foi dormir mais tarde para comer alguma coisa e não passar  as 12 horas de jejum limite. Nisso minha irmã fala &#8220;ahh espera, até a gente fazer essa penca de exames vão dar as 12 horas que você precisa, ou podemos voltar lá e falar tadinha moça ela tem alzheimer e fez confusão, na verdade ela está em jejum desde às 11 horas&#8221;. Brincar com uma doença séria não é legal, mas fiquei rindo uns 15 minutos e ainda acrescentei coisas na piadinha &#8220;é né moça você não acreditou que ela comeu alguma coisa às 10 para uma da manhã&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No final das contas minha avó desistiu do exame e continuamos aguardando pela nossa vez. E aguardando, e aguardando, e aguardando mais um pouco e lá se iam as horas. E fomos chamadas bem em cima: 12 horas. Aparentemente tudo resolvido iam priorizar  o exame de sangue porque além das 12 horas lá no limite, tinham os outros exames com  hora marcada. Mas continuamos aguardando até que minha mãe foi chamada&#8230; estranho a senha dela é depois da minha que é depois da da minha irmã. Fiquei olhando o castelinho&#8230;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Fiquei pensando, olhando para o lado, vendo as criancinhas, ficando com dó afinal se eu não gosto de tirar sangue, imagina elas tadinhas&#8230; e aguardando mais e mais e mais e mais e mais. Até que piadinhas começaram a surgir afinal eram mais de 12 horas sem comer e cerca de uma hora esperando. Estava começando a ficar com dor de cabeça porque coleta de urina também ninguém merece (pelo menos 2 horas sem ter ido ao banheiro e vamos lembrar que tinha acabado de acordar) e ainda tinha a ultrassom. Confesso que nesse momento já estava chateada com o laboratório pela falta de comunicação e de agilidade, mas dei um desconto porque procuro pensar positivamente e tal. Aí minha mãe acabou o exame e nada chamarem a minha irmã, tudo bem que o nosso exame de sangue era aquele chatinho de tirar sangue, esperar meia hora e tirar mais sangue. Mas já estava me questionando sobre a decisão de qual fazer primeiro, tudo bem que as 12 horas de jejum tinham ido para o brejo mas não seria melhor fazer a coleta antes?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Enfim nesse meio tempo uma atendente aparece falando que teríamos que fazer o ultrassom primeiro, porque os médicos estavam indo embora. Mas nisso já estávamos desistindo de fazer os exames e daí ao mesmo tempo minha irmã é chamada para fazer o de sangue&#8230; mas nisso minha avó e minha mãe já são contra porque o jejum já somava 13 horas, se não mais e isso iria interferir nos resultados e eu só pensando&#8230; &#8220;será que ela não deveria fazer a coleta de urina antes de esperar mais meia hora tadinha&#8221; (lembrando que eu faria a mesma coisa). No fim toca ir para o andar de cima fazer o ultrassom. E nisso exame de sangue cancelado.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Sabe nesse momento nem estava pensando mais em quanto tempo estava sem comer, mas em como deve ser para os brasileiros sem convênio médico porque se com convênio em um bom laboratório o atendimento era isso. Fora que minha avó tinha ido no laboratório em vão tentar marcar os exames, procedimento feito apenas por telefone, ficado uma hora marcando e anotando o necessário por telefone e perguntando se seria melhor fazer os exames separados ou tudo de uma vez e quando chega o dia do exame ocorre tudo isso descrito acima? Acho que as pessoas não são as mesmas e o triste é pensar que não é só no sistema de saúde.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Daí lembrei que uma vez eu fui fazer um exame neste mesmo laboratório, era um ultrassom pélvico, um exame chatinho (já deu para perceber que acho quase todos chatos né) que você tem que ficar bebendo água e tal e chegou um momento que quase falei para o pessoal &#8220;vocês não estão entendendo faz mais de uma hora que estou bebendo água, ou eu faço o exame agora ou o negócio vai ficar feio&#8221; como senti que não adiantou muito informar que eu realmente precisava fazer o exame eu fui no banheiro e continuei bebendo água por mais um tempo. O fato é que hoje não aguentava mais esperar e nem tinham tantas pessoas no laboratório.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Fui fazer o Ultrassom e já não estava tão risonha com todas a situação porque tinha acabado de descobrir que domingo passaria por tudo novamente para fazer o exame de sangue (ou assim espero). E isso rezumidamente foi a minha experiência interessante deste sábado. Rezumida porque algumas informações prefiro não comentar e porque 3 horas não podem ser descritas aqui. De todas as pessoas  com quem falamos no Delboni a única que de fato resolveu alguma coisa foi a Mari, assistente de coleta que estava em dia de folga (não deveria estar trabalhando). São nesses momentos que descobrimos as verdadeiras pessoas: simples, felizes e trabalhadores (demos algumas risadas com ela, ela tem filhas gêmeas, já era 2o para uma e sim minha avó teria conseguido ficar 12 horas em jejum mas fazer o exame de sangue seriam outros quinhentos).</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">O legal é concluir que sempre aprendemos com isso&#8230; como nunca marcar horário de exames e achar que vai funcionar como previsto, sempre cumprir apenas o mínimo de horas de jejum (a não ser que você tenha dois tipos de exame de sangue), sempre chegar bem antes do que previa porque sim vai demorar e logicamente tentar ao máximo levar tudo na brincadeira porque não tem muito o que você fazer, falar com as assistentes não dá certo em nenhuma das tentativas (afinal fazer o ultrassom rapidamente só foi interessante para os médicos e assistentes que estavam indo embora).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ah sim&#8230; e o positivo&#8230; sempre se conhecem pessoas novas, hoje por exemplo conhecemos uma família (um casal e duas filhinhas) que acaba de voltar da Alemanhã, passaram 4 anos por lá e comprovaram algumas teorias sobre os Alemães enaquanto tomávamos capuccino com bolachinas, afinal eram 14 horas sem comer, antes de sairmos do laboratório (que estava fechando, a ponto de termos que abrir a porta automática com as mãos). Sem mais comentários, foram sábados interessantes.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[PFF - Traumstraßen in Deutschland ]]></title>
<link>http://imajication.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/pff-traumstrasen-in-deutschland/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ilyani</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[For the Postcard Friendship Friday, I have to feature this very interesting postcard today! It]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>For the Postcard Friendship Friday, I have to feature this very interesting postcard today! It&#8217;s a sort of map in a part of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilyani/sets/72157606560193589/" target="_blank">Germany</a>, only a little unusual coz it shows the <strong>Fairy Tales Route</strong>! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilyani/2449655792/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2024/2449655792_dded7e4d01.jpg?v=1243587747" alt="" width="352" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>From Padme_Chandra. Now can you recognize these fairy tales? They all belong to these places along this route! How exciting!! I have always loved the <strong>Bremen Musicians</strong>, the <strong>Hamelin Pied Piper</strong>, <strong>Hensel &#38; Gretel </strong>ever since I can remember. And&#8230;. is that the <strong>Sleeping Beauty</strong>?? <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  And there&#8217;s the <strong>Little Red Riding Hood </strong>and the fox!! I am not sure if I can remember the rest though.. do you? (they look rather familiar, but now I am clueless when I&#8217;m trying hard to remember! -____-)</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1292" title="fairytaleroute" src="http://imajication.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/fairytaleroute.jpg" alt="fairytaleroute" width="300" height="172" /></p>
<p>Okay this is where the route is physically located in Germany. How amazing to know this is home to alot of famous fairytales that are well-known to children around the world (including Malaysia, yes). Though to be honest, I wasn&#8217;t really aware that they were from Germany! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cpaphil-VintagePostcards/~3/UbdIGmwdr2g/postcard-friendship-friday-15-chocolate.html"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1147" title="pff2" src="http://imajication.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/pff2.jpg" alt="pff2" width="200" height="121" /></a></p>
<p>See more of the PFF party at <a href="http://www.cpaphilblog.com/" target="_blank">Marie&#8217;s</a>!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<link>http://cooxpeter.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/leve-mobiel-internet/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 20:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>peter coox</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cooxpeter.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/leve-mobiel-internet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[20090528 ProximusMobileInternet Uiteraard gebruik ik al een tijdje mobiel internet om overal waar ik]]></description>
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<p>Uiteraard gebruik ik al een tijdje mobiel internet om overal waar ik zin heb mijn mails te checken, Facebook-berichten te posten, of gewoon om een leuk nummer op de radio te herkennen.</p>
<p>Uiteraard heb ik al artikels gelezen waarin gewaarschuwd wordt over schandalige roaming-tarieven als je dit ook in het buitenland doet.</p>
<p>Alleen dacht ik dat het niet zò erg was:</p>
<p>Enkele weken geleden vertoefde ik in Luxemburg, alwaar ik de avant-premiere van Depeche Mode&#8217;s &#8216;Tour of the Universe&#8217; mocht meemaken.</p>
<p>Me van geen kwaad bewust checkte ik onderweg naar/van de Rockhal al es mijn mail en plaatste ik tijdens het optreden foto&#8217;s van Gahan &#38; Co op mijn Facebook-pagina. Een vrij beperkt data-verkeer dacht ik zo, waardoor de verwachtte extra meerkost voor buitenlands mobiel dataverkeer wel zou meevallen.</p>
<p>Fout.</p>
<p>Vandaag kreeg ik mijn factuur van Proximus: 153,90 eurootjes, exclusief BTW (wat dacht je) voor een totaal dataverkeer van 19,7Mb.</p>
<p>Pff&#8230;</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 00:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Everyone’s a Critic! Call for Entries – May 21st – 6th July So, Portable Film Festival wants you to ]]></description>
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<p>Call for Entries – <strong>May 21st – 6th July</strong></p>
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<p>So, Portable Film Festival wants you to get a little critical. To celebrate the launch of the Melbourne International Film Festival 2009, Portable is launching the Everyone’s a Critic competition in association with MIFF!</p>
<p>It’s true, everyone’s a critic. From the moment I give my coffee three stars in the morning, to the time I dismiss my leftovers as forced and derivative, a healthy dose of criticism gets me though my day…</p>
<p>…and Melbourne International Film Festival knows that, at heart, there’s a little David and Margaret endearingly rambling at each other inside all of us! ‘Everyone’s a Critic’ is the tagline for the 2009 festival, and we want you to take on the role of selling MIFF this year…</p>
<p>Melbourne International Film Festival is an iconic Melbourne event; with 185,000 yearly moviegoers, it’s also Australia’s largest film festival, and one of the oldest film festivals in the world. Not a hard sell, right? Well, you’ve got 30 seconds to fill to get us a movie or promo spot that creatively promotes Melbourne International Film festival, including the tagline ‘Everyone’s a Critic’…</p>
<p>You can get as creative, and as crazy as you want, with; just keep it under 30 seconds, and be sure to include those three magic words, “Everyone’s a Critic.” There are major prizes up for grabs, including two full festival passports for the winner, valued at over $500. The audience favourite will also grab a double pass to MIFF’s Closing Night and Screening party, and every finalist will receive a double pass to a MIFF session of their choice! What’s more, the winning content will also be featured online and onsite at Melbourne International Film Festival 2009!</p>
<p>You’ve got until July 6th, 2009 to get us your film. We’ll announce the finalists and present them on Portable Film Festival from July 13th – 17th, where our judges will make their decision, and our audiences will make theirs…</p>
<p><strong>All submissions must be received by 5pm, July 6th, 2009. </strong></p>
<p>For more information; visit <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnBvcnRhYmxlZmlsbWZlc3RpdmFsLmNvbQ==">www.portablefilmfestival.com</a></p>
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